Energy and Climate

THE ENERGY AND CLIMATE ACTION AREA

WHAT IS BEHIND THE ENERGY AND CLIMATE ACTION AREA?

Minimise greenhouse gas emissions and energy requirements: Climate change is considered one of the greatest ecological challenges we face. Protecting the climate is therefore one of the most important tasks of environmental policy worldwide. Given the already visible effects of climate change on sport, climate protection and climate adaptation will become an even more important issue for sport in general and sporting events in particular in the future. Sporting events contribute to climate change by causing greenhouse gas emissions, particularly through the traffic associated with them, while they are also affected by the phenomenon.

TARGETS AND SUB-TARGETS

In the course of planning the sporting event, an integrated climate protection concept is drawn up that analyses potential savings and proposes measures.
A carbon footprint is calculated and published.
Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by X percent compared to the previous sporting event or season.
All relevant stakeholders (e.g. organisation team, athletes, visitors) are made aware of climate protection and motivated to adopt climate-friendly behaviour (e.g. travel by public transport, carpooling, use of reusable crockery).

When planning the energy supply, potential savings are analysed and energy-saving measures are proposed.
The total energy requirement during the sporting event is minimised to X kWh per capita.
Reduce the energy requirement by X percent compared to the previous sporting event or season.
All relevant stakeholders (e.g. organisation team, athletes, visitors) are made aware of the topic of energy and motivated to adopt energy-saving behaviour.

X percent of the heating and cooling requirements during the sporting event (e.g. heating the hall or using air conditioning units) is provided by renewable energies.
X percent of the electricity required during the sporting event (e.g. for special floodlights or the catering area) is covered by certified green electricity.
The proportion of fossil fuels used to power generators, machines and vehicles on site during the sporting event is a maximum of X percent.

For remaining, unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions, a climate responsibility budget of at least EUR X per tonne of CO₂ equivalents is defined and made available.

FURTHER TARGETS

Action areas serve to divide up the complex topic of sustainability for operationalisation. However, there are many overlaps between the action areas. For example, although the following targets belong to the topic area of energy and climate, they are dealt with in detail in other action areas.

Increase travel to and from work using environmentally friendly means of transport. → Click here to discover the Traffic action area
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from logistics transport as far as possible. → Click here to discover the Traffic action area
Select sports facilities and infrastructure with sustainability standards in mind. → Click here to discover the Sports Venues and Infrastructure action area
Minimise greenhouse gas emissions in catering. → Click here to discover the Catering action area
Minimise environmental and climate-related health risks for all relevant stakeholders (e.g. organisation team, athletes, visitors). → Click here to discover the Health and Well-being action area